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Tiny Diggers has just been released on the iPad and soon the Mac computer. Here’s the details on this fun, educational game from TouchTilt Games.
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Rootkits, Burning Batteries, Shortages: OK?

Submitted by on January 6, 2007 – 7:58 am3 Comments

sonystyle_rounded.pngA new survey of 2,017 adults has revealed that the Sony brand is still strong even in the face of the bevy of problems faced by them last year. The music rootkit fiasco, the exploding batteries, shortages of the PS3 at launch, and even arrogant statements by the Sony hierarchy weren’t enough to put much of a dent in the brand name, which came in at ninth place in the top 20. The respondents even think Sony will reach #4 on the list by year’s end due to the strength of their PlayStation offerings alone.

What are the top brands, you ask? Click through to see.


1. Google.
2. Las Vegas
3. Apple iPod
4. YouTube

Other companies are mentioned in the NetworkWorld article linked to by Slashdot. There’s no mention of Microsoft or Nintendo.

  • bill

    When you think about it though, how many people read the business sections of their papers to hear that sony has made arrogant things…hardly anyone. Yet if you look at a microsoft, the company gets a ton of bad press just from the windows portion anyway, hell the whole anti-trust lawsuit was all over the news. Nintendo should be on the list though, that is a great company. I’ve been a sony guy my whole life, though they can be a pain in the butt as a business they make great products, but they are a big company and this is how big companies are, doesn’t matter if its sony, microsoft, enron, walmart, coca cola, they all “suck” in a way.

  • SP420

    If done with pure random sample, it’s likely most of these people don’t even know of Sony’s many problems. So basically, this survey means jack shit.

  • http://www.farbot.com/ Paul

    Au contraire, SP420, it means a lot — to Sony. The high-intensity gamer blogosphere is tiny compared to the at-large public, and Sony’s brand covers a lot of territory: TV’s, audio, portable audio, even mobile phones with their Sony-Ericcson partnership.

    Now we may WANT Sony to cater to the hardcore gamer press, and frankly it’s in their best interest to do so, but if the vast majority of their brand marketing across all their products isn’t damaged much by what they’ve done then their marketing departments can continue building their brands.

    Of course if Sony got on the cluetrain with respect to building more marketing respect with the hardcore gamer, then we’d like them more, but if the PS3 gets a good set of great games it really won’t matter anymore. Gamers will buy their systems for the games they want.